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Costco Wholesale (Beacon Hill)

From FireAlarmPedia
System Specifications
FACP: Mircom FX-2000
FACP Location: By Returns Desk
System Type: Single-Stage Addressable
System Line Voltage: 120VAC
NAC Voltage: 24VFWR
System Coding: Temporal
Strobes Synchronized: No
Date of last known Upgrade: 2021
Year Opened: 2006

Costco Wholesale is a members only sales club. This location is located at 11588 Sarcee Trail NW, in the Beacon Hill Shopping Centre, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The store was built in 2006, and the fire alarm system is original excluding deficiency replacements.

System Specifications (2006-present)[edit | edit source]

FACP[edit | edit source]

The building is protected by a Mircom FX-2000 addressable fire alarm system. The panel is located by the returns desk. The system runs Mircom's CLIP addressable protocol, and the system coding is temporal.

Annunciators[edit | edit source]

There is a Mircom RAX-LCD annunciator in the main entrance vestibule.

Notification Appliances[edit | edit source]

Most notification appliances are Mircom "Select-A-Horn/Strobe" FHS-240R horn/strobes (red, wall-mount, set to broadband/30cd).

By the bakery, there is a Mircom "Select-A-Horn/Strobe" FHS-340R (red) horn/strobe, installed as a deficiency replacement for a damaged FHS-240R (strobe ripped out) in 2012.

At the photography desk, there's a System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" PC4RA (red, ceiling-mount, 4-wire) horn/strobe installed 2017 as a deficiency replacement.

In the meat cutting area, there is a Mircom FHS-240W (white) horn/strobe specifically chosen to blend in with the wall, under a cover.

The freezers and dairy coolers have System Sensor "SpectrAlert" P1224MCKA (red, wall-mount, multi-candela) horn/strobes, which are also original.

The produce cooler has a System Sensor "SpectrAlert Advance" P4RKA (red, wall-mount) weatherproof horn/strobe, installed as a deficiency replacement in 2021.

For outdoor notification, there are two System Sensor "SpectrAlert" S1224MCKA (red, wall-mount) weatherproof remote strobes, one at the entrance, and one behind the store.

Initiating Devices[edit | edit source]

Pull Stations[edit | edit source]

All pull stations are Mircom MS-401AD addressable single-action pull stations.

Automatic Detection Devices[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom MIX-5251RBA addressable 135°F fixed-temperature/rate-of-rise heat detectors in the bakery and cafeteria, mounted on System Sensor B710LPA bases.

Modules[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom MIX-M500MA addressable monitor modules supervising the sprinkler system's tamper and flow switches.

There are Mircom MIX-M500RA addressable relay modules serving various purposes.

EOLs[edit | edit source]

There are Mircom MP-300 end of line resistor plates on all sprinkler and signal circuits.